PEREMILOVO KOLKHOZ

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
PLACE
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DATE
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Pere: aovo Kolkhoz
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Adm-!.Wstration
1. The 1),Turevo kolkhoz in 1/1;.dsa:i.:. 'airyev-Polsli Rayon was a
small ::o117h z conristi7,.7 nf 27 h 11:-.eh:Jdn with a p-pulatin of 20 pe 'sons
of whcm about 50 were able to work. It wan one of seven small lolkiozes
under the ai7ricu1turl administratirn of the Selso7iet which was located
in the villar! of Nesterev throe kilometers west of Peremilovo. The
Selsoviet was administer by a chair:7an, a s:cretary, two a7ronomists and
several othe: members. The Sels:-viet had its own wareholJses and
store. Al]. sowilv., 121ns, prodnction rpetas and new methods of cultivation
were transmitted frer[ to t to the koll:hoses. The two ajl'onomists
visited the koll,hczes advisin th.m as to the best meth :-As of cultivation,
fertilization etc. The MTS was located in Sima (5641H-3933E) and the rayon
fortilier center in Yuryev-Yolski (5630K-3941E), about 30 kilometers from
Peremilovo.
Acrew-e and Cultivation
2. Ther Peremilovo kolkhoz owned approxi-,atcly 1,0'-'0 hectares; 400 hectares of
arabic land and 600 heotares of '7( ndlandn a.' lows. Plowing, harrowing
and sowing of the kolkhoz land w.s done '7 tract ro and ,) !chines of the
MTS in SL-a. Horses also were used fcr cultivation of the land. Each tractor
plowed about eight, hectares evor:, 24 hturn. The acreage and kind of crops
to be planted were determined by the SOsoviol, upon the recommendation of
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the aiTc,nomi, ? :'_oz management, IT e'eell
that the follewin cr.!..:pssware _!% 1949 wheat, 7v7) hectis:
100; oats, BO; harle2, 5; pezAce, buat, :();
5; vetch, 8; sugar beat, 3; turnips, 2 ciover, b0. The tobacco was AS
high as a man and of good quality. The kolkhez received money and sugar
in exchange fe: the tabaceo. T recall that-the Yield of the wheat crop
was 15 contners per-hettaee nrel that of rye, 12 Centners per hectare.
The crops were rotated. Winter rye was planted in the fall on 100 hec-
tares of lead. In the spring? about 80 hectartS of the 'Berne field were
planted with elover. The r7e matured in the summer and was harvested
whilt the clover continued groalng on the field for three years. At the
end of th7,ee years the eleer field VAS plowed and planted with potatoes
and after ee)e potato crop the fieldd-nas again planted with rye. The
fi,Ide were fertilized moat17 with ranure obtained from the kolkhoz dairy,
MTBmmolochnotnvrn,ya bac,,- to which each household had to contribute a
quota of manne from itn ri-a1)1c. Ph.sph-ate6 were also available from the
depot in -'117.7,1=1;i1 t.h.? seldom took advantage of thle
facility, becann 17'T quired the USG of the kolkhoz. truck for
hauling and t (2pendit'etre of-mei-ley for gasoline, and partly
because the ke:lhosniks had more faith in the use of manure as fertilizer.
Agricultural. Machinere
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3. Both mechanized and horat.drawn agricultural machinery was used by the
kolkhos. The h7A wheel tractors -equipped with four plows
each; foue t.-7.r.c.tor were to three kolkhozes. Each tractor
pulled three en,:nr Ccrabines were horse-drawn; one combine
was assigned t.c) kolkhozcs. In addition, each kolkhoz had two
binders of it& own which were hoese drawn. The kolkhoe had to pay in
kind for the ese of the MTS machinery from Sims.
Livestock an Fol:atTy
4. The kolkhoz had 18 milk rc'1,s,2,bo:',ss, 80 pigs of which 10 .were breed-
ing sows, 300 hens of.a special breed, and a number of geese, ducks, and
some beehiveo. The government delivery quota in milk was 300liters per
cow per year. There was also a quota in eggs, chickens, pigs and other
poultry.
Life in the kolkhoe
5. Each kolkhoz hoeseecia bee its on plot of land of three quarters of a
hectare. On this plot the 1.,.:Ithozn!..ka plant vegetables for the use of
the householl; the- k,ep some poultry, ch:ckens, geese, ducks, a
pig or two, a cow, soviE, bo,n: as and dDme pigons. There is 11 Y.le
fruit because c,f he oo"Ad Tho food of the Kolkhoznil 2:3
simple, moutl:( uoap and po:rid-,,c. Meat, egs and butter ave
eaten rarely, ,t,:n..5t! there is not enough of these products and
they bring a good p:ice on the alarket. Sugar is scarce and usually t'ile
juice of the beat was used instead. Those who have honey use it
for sweets. G-Indy 1:3 a lw,ury. I did not ta:;to any candy ,intf,1
ten years old. My father brought 902110 frrn MC.3COW -where he worked t a
carpenter, The kolkhoznike are dissatisfiGA beuause the govern-:
tAlms everything so that pratically n(,c1.ing
6. There was an old wocden church J: the village of Peromilove
was no priest when I was there. TLe e'-ereh ans used r stnrat;o
grain. I had rellgiou3 6duchn a4id 7 ,ic,lrt
prayers.
7. The Shbehka River,. a I....rib-at:ars," ows
summer tine tie ? 4 t f' sh 17C:. .
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to fish with hook Ane. I. time the villagers bathec! on
Saturdays in wash tubs after h:thz 74ater on the Stove. IL
not considered good for a person to .a bath too often. Thro
were no toothbrushes in the village en;:e,the kolkhOzniks Used to say,
it was not gooti to brush teeth. To the beat of my knowledge there was
no venereal disease. There was no doctor in the villagealthough a
government physician would come periodically to the village to examine
the people. A Jick person reccive4 free-hospitalization in Sima. On
the whole the people were healthy. Although - we did not have many flies
or cockroaches, the governmentgave us Some PoWder to use against them,
The outhouses lic! board floors with a hole in it. .Nre ased lime to
keep the flies away.
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